Sanitary cuspidor.



B. NIGKUM. SANITARY CUSPIDOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4,1910

11,001,216. Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

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EMMA N ICKUMpoiF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYIJTANIA.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that I, EMMA NICKUM, a

citizen of the United States. residing at -hold the matter deposited in the cuspidor,

and which at the desired time may be closed and sealed by a cover, readily removed from the cuspidor without soiling the hands,

and carried away and burned.

A prnnary ob ect of the invention is to provide an improved cuspidor or receptacle for a cuspidor, which is designed as a prevent-ion against the spread of tuberculosis by reason of expectoration in public places. Ordinary cuspidors, which are more or less imperfectly cleaned, do not remove the tubercular germ from the cuspidor, and it is a well known'fact that the only positive way of destroying such germs is to burn them. My device enables this to be done, and at the same time utilizes the ordinary cuspidors in use.

ith these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a view in vertical section illustrating my improvements in position in a cuspidor. Fig. 2, is a persgivcctive view of the receptacle removed. Fig 3, a perspective view of the cover for the receptacle. shown in Fig. 2, and'Fig. 4, is a view in vertical section through the receptacle showing the cover in place 1, represents a cuspidor of the ordinary type found in public places, having a rein vable conical cover 2. the. latter provided at its lowest central pointwith an opening 3 through which the deposit on the cover passes into the body 1. This invention is in no wise limited to the particular cuspi- SANITARY eUsPInoR. 1

Patented Aug. 22, 1911,

Application filed November 4, 1910. Serial No. 590,638.:

dor, the one shown being used for purposes of illustration only. i

4-, represents my improve receptacle which is preferably, thougi. I not essentially, of cylindrical form open at the top and having a closed bottom 5. This receptacle may be made of various materials such for example as papier-mach or other material which is readily combustible, and may be strengthened by-reinforcing wires (3 and 7 preferably embedded in the'material of the receptacle. Upwardly projecting handles or finger holds 8 are provided at opposite sides of the receptacle, and are preferably of the general hook shape shown, the hooks projecting in opposite directio-is and strengthened by the reinforcing wir s 7. By projecting these hook shaped fingr holds or handles inopposite directions, theperson removing the receptacle from the cuspidor may readily project the fingers under the finger holds, and lift the receptacle out of the cuspidor without soiling the hands.

When the receptacle is ready for carting away. it is closed and sealed tight by means of a cover 9 shown most clearly in Figs. 3 and at. This cover is preferably of the same material as the receptacle, and is provided with a circular depending flange 10 adapted to inclose the upper edge of the receptacle 4, and provided on its inner face with mucilage or glue, which when moistened and the cover placed on the receptacle will adhere to the receptacle and effectually close the same so that the device may be readily carried away and burned without danger of spilling any of the contents.

When the receptacle is provided. with the finger holds or handles 8, as shown in Fig. 2, it is necessary to provide notches 11 in the opposite edges of the cover to accommodate such handles or finger holds, and in positioning the cover, the finger holds are bent outward far enough to allow the cover to move down over the receptacle.

These receptacles are designed'to be placed in euspidors in public places, and will be hid by the cover as shown in Fig. 1, so that the cuspidor has its ordinary appearance. However all matter deposited on the cover will move into the receptacle, and not into contact with the body of the cuspidor, and when the receptacle is full, an attendan removesthe cover, seals the receptacl giby ueans of the cover 9, and carries the full receptacle away, leavin a clean and fresh receptacle in the cuspi or. After the receptacle is. sealed and carried away, it is burned so that tlie're can be no escape of any tubercular or-other germs' which may be. in the receptacle.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described .without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precisedetails set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within ,the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- .ters Patent is:

l. A refuse receptacle of the character described, comprising a body and a cover normally oil' the body, lntegral upwardly projeeting handles on said body, said coverhaving recesses to receive'said handle and constructed to be secured by adhesive material to inclose the contents of said body, substantially as described.

2. A refuse receptacle of the character de scribed, comprising a body, and a cover, in-

. tegral upwardly projecting handles on said body, all of .said parts composed of combustible material, said'cover having notches to receive said handles, and said cover containing adhesive material to secure the cover onto the body, substantially as described.

3. A refusereceptacleof the character described, comprising a body and a cover normally ofl'i'he body, integral upwardly projectiz'ig handles on said body, said cover having recesses-to receive said handles and constructed to besecured by adhesive ma terial to inclose the contents of said body,

the. upper ends of said handlescurved downward-1y and in opposite directions, substantially as described. I

4:. A refuse receptacle of the character de scribed, comprising a body, and a cover, integral upwardly projecting handles on said body, all of said parts composed of com:

bustible material, said cover having notches to receive said handles, and saidcover con- 

